Razor-strop clamping and securing device.



E. HUNOLD.

RAZOR STROP GLAMPING AND SECURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1914.

1, 126,01 3, Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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BAZOR-STROP CLAMPING- AND SECURING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 23, 1915.

Application filed June 1, 1914.. Serial No. 842,227.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNns'r HUNOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Razor-strop Clamping and Securing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to an improvement in razor strop hangers and more particularly to an improvement in the razor strop clamping device patented to me J anu M 28, 1913, No. 1,051,111.

In the razor-strop clamping device as noted above, the fixed end of the strop is pivotally secured to the end of the clamping device on the principle of a ball and socket joint. It is therefore essential that the clamping device should be rigidly clamped or held in position against lateral and vertical movements, to obtain the best results in using the strop. It is also desirable that the clamping device shall be so constructed that the same may be detachably secured to a fixed object otherwise than by clamping the same.

The object of myinvention is to improve the construction of the above mentioned razor-strop clamping device, whereby the clamping device may also be detachably secured to a fixed member in the form of a hook, which is permanently secured in the position required, to a window frame or other fixed article.

Another object of my invention is to construct the clamping device and hook shaped member so that when together in their operative positions the clamping device (which forms the hanger of the strop) is held against lateral and vertical movements.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a razor-strop clamping and securing device, said razor strop clamping and securing device having details of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1. is an edge view of my improved razor-strop clamping and securing device, showing the hook shaped member permanently secured to a portion of a window frame and the end portion of a razor-strop pivotally secured to the device Fig. 2. is a top plan View of Fig. 1. showing the window frame and adjacent wall portlon 1n section. Fig. 3. is a perspective view of the hook shaped member. Fig. 4. is a face view of the sheet metal blank from which the hook shaped member is formed. Fig. 5. is a perspective View of the clamping and securing member, and Fig. 6. is a face View of the sheet metal blank from which the clamping and securing member is formed.

In the drawings 7 indicates an edge View of a portion of a window frame, 8 the pivot end portion of a razor-strop and 9 the razorstrop clamping and securing device. The strop 8 is secured to a metal end member 10 which is pivotally secured to a stud 11 which in turn is pivotally secured to the pivot end of the clamping and securing device by a nut, forming a universal joint connection between the strop and the clamping and securing device. This universal joint construction forms no part of my present mvention.

The clamping and securing device 9 is now formed in two members 12 and 13 preferably from sheet steel. The member 12 is formed to have when in use, an outer flat horizontal pivot end portion 14:, in which is a pivot hole 15 for the stud 11, a downwardly inclined straight fiat body portion 16 in which is a central longitudinal slot 17 adjacent its inner end, an upwardly turned straight inner end portion 18 on which is formed two pointed teeth 19. 19. and between which teeth 19. 19. is formed a straight vertical notch 20 which has the same width as the slot 17 and which extends upward from the flat body portion 16. on a line with the slot 17, as shown in Figs. 2. and 5.

The member 13 is shaped to have the fiat body portion 21 in which are the screw holes 22. 22. and the flat arm 23 which extends outward from the top of the body and is then bent over and back toward the body forming a flat pointed end portion 2a which lies parallel with the fiat arm 23.,and forms with the arm 23 a hook 25, as shown in Fig. 3. The member 13 is permanently secured in position by screws through. the screw holes 22. 22, as shown in Fig. 1.

When in use as a razor strop securing de vice the member 12, which now forms a part of the strop, is detachably secured to the permanently fixed member 13 by bringing the member 12 downward over the member 13 in aposition for the end portion 21 of the hook 25 to enter the slot 17. A straight forward pull on the strop 8 will cause the pointed end of the portion 24 to enter the notch 20 in the member 12. The member 12 is now detachably secured to the member 13 and by the end portion 24 extending through the slot 17 and notch 20 the member 12 is held against lateral and vertical movements. By reversing the above described simple movements the members 12 and 13 are easily and quickly separated. WVhen used as a razor strop clamping device, the member 12 is inserted between the drawer and top of a dresser or similar article, as shown in my previous patent and the drawer closed. The

closing of the drawer on the downwardly inclined fiat body portion 16 of the member 12, which operates asa wedge, forces the teeth 19. 19. into the underside of the wooden top of the dresser, which rigidly wedges it against a lateral as well as a direct pull on the same.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new 1. Incombination, a razor-strop clamping and securing device comprising a clamping member as described and having a central longitudinal slot adjacent its toothed end and a central vertical notch intermediate the teeth and a securing member having a Hat body portion adapted to be permanently secured in position, an outwardly extending arm, the end portion of which is bent over and back parallel with the base portion of the arm and forming a hook shaped member adapted to extend through the slot and enter the notch in the clamping member and hold the same against lateral and vertical movements.

2. In a razor strop clamping and securing device a holding member so constructed that when in'use the same has a straight fiat approximately horizontal end portion, an inclined straight fiat body portion bent downwardly at an angle, an upwardly extending end bent at a reverse angle to the body portion, teeth on the upwardly extending end, a slot in the body portion adapted to receive a hook, and a notch in the upwardly extending end adapted to receive the end of the hook, whereby the holding member may be held against a pull and lateral movements. I

3. In a razor strop clamping'and securing device a member 12 formed to have when in use an outer flat approximately horizontal pivot end portion 14 in which is a pivot hole 15, a downwardly inclined straight flat'body portion 16, in which is a central longitudinal slot 17 adjacent its inner end, an upwardly turned, straight inner end portion 18 on which is formed two pointed teeth 19. 19, and between which teeth is formed a straight vertical notch 20 which has the same width as the slot 17 and which extends upward from the flat body portion '16, ona line with the slot 17, for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST HUNOLD.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. LUTHER, MICHAEL Frscnnn.

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Washington,- D. G, 

